Rep. James Ames is pushing for more benefits for military returning from war with serious injuries and spouses who have lost loved ones.

Written by

Mike Hasten
mhasten@gannett.com

BATON ROUGE - Louisiana's military returning from war with serious injuries and spouses who have lost loved ones deserve more benefits than the state now offers, say Reps. Frank Howard and James Armes.

Howard, R-Many, is lead author of HB169, which dedicates to the state Wounded Warrior Fund 15 percent of the $10 per barrel excise tax the state levies on a barrel of beer. Armes, D-Leesville, is a co-author who is pushing to get the House Appropriations Committee to fund it.

Many National Guard and active Army soldiers are returning from war in the Middle East with serious injuries, lost limbs ...